Garment-fastening.



N0. 637,3l0. Patented Nov. 2|, I899. J. WHEATFIELD &. G. T. REED.

GARMENT FASTENING.

(Application filed May 5 1899.) (No Model.)

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NITED STATES ATENT Enron;

JACOB WHEATFIELD AND GEORGE THORN REED, OF BALTIMORE, MARY- LAND,ASSIGNORS TO SIEGMUNl) B. SONNEBORN, OF SAME PLACE.

GARMENT-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 637,310, dated November21, 1899.

Application filed May 5, 189 9. Serial No. 715,717. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that We, J AOOB WHEATFIELD and GEORGE THORN REED, citizensof the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland,have in vented certain new and useful Improvements inGarment-Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

The improvement herein relates to garmentfastenings in which a hook anda clasp-bar part are adapted to be fastened to the meet ing parts ofgarments, such as the waistbands of trousers; and the improvementresides in the hasp-bar in particulars of construction wherebyit is madea new article of manufacture, as we shall point out in the claims, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows aperspective view of the convex hasp-bar. Fig. 2 is a cross-section ofthe same. Fig. 3 shows a section of the hook and clasp-bar engaged. Fig.4 shows the inner side of the hasp-bar as it is applied to the garment,and Fig. 5 shows the outer side of the hasp-bar as it is applied to thegarment. Figs. 6 and 7 show, respectively, the outer hook side and theinner fastening side of the hook; and Figs. 8 and 9 show, respectively,the hook side and the fastening side of the hook as applied to thegarment.

The hasp-bar a is stamped out from a strip of malleable metal, with anidentical doubleended construction, in which a tongue b l) is out withinthe bar at each end 0 0, so as to be integral therewith, to form theself holding or securing parts for the bar, and it will be noted thatwhen the bar is inserted in the garment the tongues 12 b and the endparts 0 a stand in the same plane against the inner side of the garment,as in Fig. 4, while the outer side of the bar forms a loop, as in Figs.3 and 5, into which the hook d, fastened on the other meeting part ofthe garment, engages to fasten the meeting parts together.

In the operation of stamping out the tongues the loop-forming part ofthe bar is bent at each end at the junction of the tongue parts, soas toform shouldered ends 6 e, standing on the same side of the bar as thetongues, each shoulder part terminating in the tongue, so that thelatter and the end from which it is cut will stand in the same plane foreasy endwise insertion in the openings in the fabric. The tongues andends standing in opposite directions from the shoulders give a securefastening to the bar, so that it cannot be pulled out by the hookfastened on the other part of the fabric.

The precise feature of improvement in the hasp-bar resides in aconstruction whereby its longitudinal edge, with which the hook engages,has a curved or convex formation to rendercertain and easy theengagement of the hook with the hasp, which is secured in contact withthe fabric, and to increase the stiffness of the hasp. The preferred wayof obtaining this important advantage is to form the hasp convex incross-section, the convex side being next the fabric, as seen in Figs. 1and 2, so as to provide an entrance opening for the hook. Thisconstruction also increases the strength of the hasp-bar and prevents itfrom being twisted.

The hook may be of any suitable form and fastened to the garment in anysuitable way. The hook shown is well adapted for the purpose and isformed of a plate havingafolded or lapped form, in which the outerfolded part is rounded at its edge and forms the hook f, the inner orback part 9 being fastened on the inner side ,of the garment by anintegral tongue h, stamped out from the end i of the inner part, andalso by side spurs j, to which latter sewing is applied and may also beapplied to the eyed end, the opposite edges of which are curved inwardto form holds for the thread. When fastened to the garment, thebinder-tongue and the eyed end stand in opposite directions. The eyedend of the hook is inserted through an opening in the fabric and sewingis then applied to the side edge spurs to make it secure.

We claim 1. As a new article of manufacture the gar ment-fastenin g haspherein described consisting of a loop or hasp forming bar, at each endof which are shoulders, tongues projecting therefrom inward toward eachother and ends projecting outward from the integral ends of saidtongues, the edges of the bar between the shoulders being formed toprovide a convex vex form of the bar between its shouldered 10 undersurface, for the purpose stated. ends, for the purpose stated.

2. As a new article of manufacture the gar- In testimony whereof weaffix our signament-fastening hasp herein described oonsisttures inpresence of two witnesses. ing of a loop or hasp forming ha r, havingJACOB VVHEATFIELD. turned end shoulders, tongues projecting in- GEORGETHORN REED. ward therefrom, and ends projecting outward from theintegral ends of the tongues together with and including an undertransverse con- Witnesses:

MURRAY HANSON, WILLIAM. H. BERRY.

